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Manager: Khamzat Chimaev retirement rumors 'absolutely not true'
Khamzat Chimaev's manager shot down retirement rumors after the fighter withdrew due to an illness from this Saturday's UFC on ABC 6 event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Chimaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who was reportedly hospitalized, pulled out of the marquee match against Robert Whittaker (25-7, 16-5). He ...
Examining Martin Truex Jr.'s legacy, from Furniture Row to JGR
When Martin Truex Jr. won at Pocono Raceway on June 7, 2015, most race fans didn't read too deeply into it.,While it was nice to see Truex, who hadn't won since Sonoma in 2013, get back to victory lane after a 2014 season where his only highlight was a spat with Kyle Busch at Atlanta, the win was th...
Martin Truex Jr. confirms he will retire from full-time racing
NASCAR veteran Martin Truex Jr. confirmed his plans to retire from full-time racing at season's end Friday, saying at a news conference that he has "achieved more than I ever thought I would.",Truex, who will turn 44 later this month, was the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion and finished the series i...
Giants TE Darren Waller retires after 8 NFL seasons
New York Giants tight end Darren Waller announced his retirement on Sunday, explaining in a YouTube video that "the passion has slowly been fading.",Waller, 31, also revealed that a "very scary" health emergency last November made him re-think where his life was at.,He did not name the medical condi...
Iowa's Ava Jones medically retiring from basketball
Iowa's Ava Jones is medically retiring from college basketball, two years after sustaining serious injuries in a car crash that killed her father.,Jones, from Nickerson, Kan., was with her parents and brother on July 5, 2022, standing on a sidewalk when they were struck by an allegedly intoxicated d...
Cowboys' Zack Martin: Retirement possible after 2024 season
Dallas Cowboys guard Zack Martin acknowledged that the upcoming season could be his last.,"I'm not saying 100 percent, but I think it's definitely in the realm of possibilities," the seven-time All-Pro said of the notion of retirement, per The Dallas Morning News. ,"And that's one thing I don't want...
Giants expect TE Darren Waller to retire
When the Giants report to training camp next month, they are not expecting tight end Darren Waller to be with the team.,According to multiple reports, the Giants are confident Waller intends to retire from the NFL, a decision he has wrestled with since the end of the 2023 season -- his first with Ne...
Mets retire Darryl Strawberry’s No. 18 jersey
Darryl Strawberry had his jersey number retired by the New York Mets organization during a pregame ceremony at Citi Field on Saturday afternoon.,The Mets, who were hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks, honored Strawberry by retiring his No. 18 and even turned their iconic home run apple into a strawberr...
Report: Retired S Tony Jefferson wants to play in '24
Safety Tony Jefferson wants to come out of retirement and play in 2024, according to Bleacher Report.,Jefferson, 32, last played for the New York Giants in 2022 and announced his retirement in May 2023.,He spent last season as a scouting intern with the Baltimore Ravens, a team with which he spent f...
Nets retiring Vince Carter's No. 15 jersey
Vince Carter spent a lot of time soaring above the court when he starred for the New Jersey Nets.,His No. 15 jersey will now hang there permanently, the Brooklyn Nets announced on Wednesday.,The high-flying guard, a member of the Hall of Fame's Class of 2024, averaged 23.6 points in four-plus season...
WWE is finally going to leave The Undertaker alone... Maybe
“Retiring” in wrestling is a fungible concept. None of it’s real, obviously, so the idea that anyone can always come back for one more match is an easily grasped tool. They’re making it all up as they go, so everything is in play. It’s even more nebulous when it comes to The Undertaker, who isn’t re...
Nick Rimando Was Never Too Short To Stand Tall
One dream is that it never ends. The cartilage never recedes and the synapses fire as fast as ever, and you just keep going. Every morning you pop out of bed without the reminder of the 100 times you hit the ground in practice the day before and your body and mind never tire of the routine. Everyone...
Taylor Phinney Refused To Let One Horrible Crash Define Him
American cyclist Taylor Phinney retired yesterday at age 29, ending a decade of professional racing. Phinney’s career is defined by two days in the saddle—one triumphant in 2012, and one tragic in 2014—but the moment that most illustrated Phinney’s talent as a bike rider came between those two poles...
Shaun Livingston Outlasted Everything
Given everything we know and can reasonably surmise about where the organization was and the people in charge of it, it seems safe to say that the Los Angeles Clippers didn’t have anything specific in mind when they drafted Shaun Livingston out of an Illinois high school with the fourth pick of the ...
Andrew Luck Walked Off To A Chorus Of Boos, And One Guy Yelling "Don't Do It!"
News of Andrew Luck’s impending retirement must have surely been an absolute gut punch to learn about for any Colts fan, but, for some watching Bears-Colts in Indianapolis on Sunday, it also elicited serious feelings of anger. These emotions manifested themselves into the form of a shower of boos to...
Rishard Matthews Retires From NFL, Is Happy To Leave Behind "Brainwashing And Dividing Of Culture"
Wide receiver Rishard Matthews was released by the New Orleans Saints on Saturday. Head coach Sean Payton, speaking cryptically of the breakup, said of Matthews, “it’s not for everyone,” which together with a “left squad designation” accompanying his release indicated that Matthews voluntarily baile...
Troy Tulowitzki Stood Out
Troy Tulowitzki retired last Thursday, bringing an end to one of the more evanescent MLB careers of the 2000s. Tulowitzki made it through 13 seasons as a professional, though he played over 120 games in just seven of those. Various injuries kept him from playing full seasons throughout his career, a...
Darren Collison Abruptly Retires From NBA To Focus On Life As A Jehovah's Witness
After 10 seasons in the NBA, Darren Collison announced his retirement through an open letter to The Undefeated, citing his faith as the catalyst for his decision:...
Chael Sonnen Retires After Lyoto Machida Kicked His Ass At Bellator 222
It took nearly two rounds of pure domination at the hands of former UFC champion Lyoto Machida for referee Todd Anderson to break up the fight between “The Dragon” and “The American Gangster,” Chael Sonnen....
Dwyane Wade Will Always Be Miami's Favorite Son
And so we come to Dwyane Wade’s final game. Wednesday night’s showdown in Brooklyn will mean nothing to the Heat but everything to Miami. After the Pistons beat the Grizzlies on Tuesday, the Heat were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, victims of a cold streak in April that snuffed o...